August 7
question: Has your writing ever taken
you by surprise? For example, a positive and belated response to a submission
you'd forgotten about or an ending you never saw coming?
Actually, yes!
I had been working on a short film...
It was my first time writing a screenplay...
The project took more than a year...
Getting stalled in funding.
One day I saw a competition in Writer’s Digest...
And I thought, hmmm? Why not give it a shot?
After getting the “OK” from the producer...
I entered the screenplay in the “script" category.
Weeks went by...
Months went by...
Months went by...
Nothing...
I figured, oh well, it was my first screenplay...
What were the odds?
But then...
I got the notice...
While I didn’t win any of the “places” first, second or third...
I did get an honorable mention...
My name was listed in Writer’s Digest...
And I got a 20% discount on the magazine for one year.
Not bad for my first go-round.
And you?
Ever write a screenplay? Or wanted to?
Ever write a screenplay? Or wanted to?
Always,
Em-Musing
16 comments:
Congratulations! Good thing you entered.
Yes - one has to be present to win! You were willing to take the chance and it is a long game with entering contests or submitting queries.
I've never written a screen-play but plenty of plays. Not for awhile but I do love it.
That's wonderful! Apparently you have knack for screenplays.
Congratulations on getting that Honorable mention. For one competition I too got an honorable mention :) but the organizers called it special prize.
You just never know where these competitions will lead. Congratulations.
Ah! I forgot. One of my first published pieces was a piece I wrote for a monthly essay contest in Writer's Digest. One day we were running out the door and the phone rang with a caller ID from out of state. We ignored it and when I got home there was a message saying I'd won the contest for the month. Pure shock. I'd written the thing off-the-cuff after submitting many other pieces I'd poured over they'd ignored. This one took about a half-an-hour. Basically I sent it in on a lark and it earned me $500 and publication in Writer's Digest. Thank you for reminding me of that thrill.
Never know the end result until we try, even if a lot of it is hurry up and wait. Congrats.
I've always wished I'd get Charles Dickensed.
Rumor has it that he was really strapped when he received word that A Christmas Carol was to be published. For much of my life, I've daydreamed of that moment. It hasn't happened yet, and I've rather given up on the hope that it will, but the stupid part of my brain persists in believing that it might.
An honorable mention in Writer's Digest - Yay for you!
Was there also a tote bag involved?
I wrote only one screenplay. I pitched it to Jerry Seinfeld and well you know the rest.
How cool! I've been pondering trying my hand at a screenplay.
So happy for you. Congratulations, well done!
Blessings
Recognition - that's a result in my book. Congrats. I'd love to write a screenplay!
A screen play, something I’ve always thought about, having written school plays and plays for the Harvest Suppers. I’d love to have the time to try write a ‘real’ play. Well done you, keep going 🌹
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